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OLIVER W. TAYLOR, OF EPHRATA. AND MARIS S. TAYLOR, OF PHILADELPHIA,

PENNSYLVANIA.

LOCKIN G DEVICE FOR AUTOMOBILES.

Specification 0! Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 12, 1918.

Application filed January as, 1917. Serial No. 144,715.-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, OLIVER W. TAYLOR and MAnrs S. TAYLOR, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Ephrata, county of Lancaster, and Stateof Pennsylvania, and Philadelphia, county of'Philadelphia, and State ofPennsylvania, respectively, have invented a certain new and useful Ir'nroved Locking Device for Automobiles, of w rich the follow ing is aspecification.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide a simple,efficient, reliable and omparatively inexpensive locking device forautomobiles to prevent theft or un-- authorized removal thereof. Afurther object of the present invention is to provide a two'partattachment of which one part is fixed to an automobile steering poststandard and the other part is fixed to an automobile steering wheel,means being present to interlock the two parts together to preventmovement of the steering wheel: A further object of the presentinvention is to provide a device of the. character stated which may bereadily applied to an automobile by persons other than skilledmechanics. A still further object of the present invention is to providea device of the character stated the parts of which may be interlockedwith respect to one another regardless of the posi tion of the steerinwheels of an automobile.

A still further ob ect of the present invention is to provide a deviceof the character stated which in no way interferes with the propulsionmechanism of an automobile and which may be applied without change ofantomobile construction.

With these and other objects in view the invention consistsof theimprovements hereinafter described and finally claimed.

The nature, characteristic features and scope of the invention will bemore fully understood from the following description taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings forming part hereof and in which Figure 1is a top or plan view of an automobile illustrating how an automobilesteerof the device to be applied to the steering post standard, and

Fig. 4c is a similar view of that part of the device to be applied tothe steering wheel.

For the purpose of illustrating our invention, we have shown in theaccompanying drawings one form thereof which is at prescnt preferred byus, since the same has been found in practice to give satisfactory andreliable results, although it is to be under stood that the variousinstrumentalities i which our invention consists can be various yarranged and organized and that our invention is not limited to theprecise arrangement and organization of the instrumentalities as hereinshown and described.

In the drawings the locking device of the invention is shown asembracing a two part structure of which one part A, is adapted to befixed to the steering post standard 10 of an automobile 11 and of whichthe part B is adapted to be fixed to the steering wheel 12 thereof. Thusas the part. A is stationary and the part B moves with the steeringwheel, it will be understood that the steering wheel may be interlockedwith respect to the steering post standard to prevent movement of saidwheel. A description will be given, first, of the part A. This part isshown as comprising a short tubular section 13 of thin metal havingformed integral opening therethrough. Having threaded relation with saidopening is a.

screw-eye 15. In practice. the end 16yof the threaded shank of saidscrew-eye is mutilated as by filing so that after once screwed into saidtubular section, it is relatively in-' terlocked against removal. Thispart A is fitted over the top of a steering post standard 10 as shown inFig. 2 and the. screw-eye 15 tightened thus locking the tubular sectionto. place. A description will now be given of part B. This part embracesa disklike member 17 centrally apertured as at 18 and formed integralwith which di k-like member and extended therefrom is a tubular section19 extended from which and formed integral therewith are ears 20. Thesecars 20 are slightly concaved in cross-section and are somewhat thickerat their juncture points with the tubular section than at their freeends. The disk-like member is provided with an annular series ofapertures 21.

' The above described part is secured to the underside of a steeringwheel 12. In this connection it will be observed that. the tubularsection 19 is fitted over the hub portion of the wheel and the cars 20riveted'or otherwise secured as at 22 to the spokes 23 of the steerinwheel. Note is to be made at this point t at as theears are concavedupon their upper faces, they are readily accommodated by the steeringwheel spokes and that the metal of which the art B is made issufficiently yielding in ciaracter to permit of slight bending so thatthe ears may, if required, be bent u sufficiently to conform to thecurvature o a spoke of a steering wheel. Further such bending may bemore readily accomplished because of the'tapered construction of saidears. Thus positioned upon an automobile, it will be understood that asthesteerin wheel 12 is moved in guiding the automo ile at least some ofthe apertures 21 of the disk-like member 17 register with the opening inthe screw-eye 15 irres ective of the position of the front whee s 25 ofthe automobile. For instance, as shown in Fig. 1, a motorist may drivehis or her car up to a curb 26 and move the front wheels 25 in towardthe curb. In this osition, some one of the apertures 21 are in registerwith the opening in screw-eye 15. The motorist now secures the steerlngwheel onto the pavement.

.12 with respect to the aide post or standard 10 by securin a pa -lock27 with respect to said disk-l1 e member 17 and screweye 15. The'frontwheels of the automobile are now locked in the position shown in saidfigure and any unauthorized person endeavoring to make ofi' with the carcannot do otherwise than run the same up the curb Such actionimmediately draws attention to the incident and precludes thepossibility of theft. As the device has no connection with thepropulsion mechanism, the motor may'be left running if desired whenparkin a car. In position upon an automobile, t e device is notconspicuous or detrimental to the appearance thereof because the same ispractically concealed from view by the steering wheel 12.

It will now be apparent that we have devised a novel and usefulconstruction which embodies the features of advantage enumerated asdesirable in the statement of the invention and the above descriptionand while we have in the present instance shown and described thepreferred embodiment-thereof which has been found in practice to givesatisfactor and reliable results, it is to be understoo that the same issusceptible of modification in various particulars without departingfrom the spirit or scope of the invention or sacrificing any of itsadvantages.

What we claim is:

In a device of the character stated the combination of a steering poststandard and steering wheel of a tubular section fitted over saidstandard, a screw-eye having screw-threaded relation with said sectionfor securing it to said standard, a tubular section fitted over the hubof the steering wheel, which section .is provided with ears fixed to thespokes of the steering wheel and further provided with a disk-likemember having an. annular series of apertures and a lock for enga ingthe apertured portions of the two memiers as may bein register'tointerlock the same.

In testimony whereof, we have hereunto signed our names.

OLIVER w. TAYLOR. MARIS s. TAYLOR.

Witnesses:

HELEN M. Evans, CLARA E. REVENO.

